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The Café Corner Nobody Wants

A small café has an unusual corner with a narrow table, two chairs, a hanging light, a large window, and a wall-mounted shelf. A person is sitting at the table using a laptop while another person is entering the space. Task: Draw the scene from a low, three-quarter viewpoint, showing the relationship between the people, furniture, walls, and objects. Challenge: Establish convincing depth using foreshortening, overlapping forms, scale, and converging lines. Aesthetic direction: Contemporary urban café with a clean, slightly editorial visual language.

Notes

  • Use only a pencil. Do not use colours.
  • Explain your design only through visuals and short labels.
  • Do not write separate explanations.
  • Focus on perspective, proportion, scale, depth, and spatial relationships.

Start timer

30:00

Evaluation criteria

  1. • Perspective Accuracy: Correct horizon and convergence
  2. • Proportion & Scale: Correct size relationships
  3. • Depth & Space: Clear foreground, middle ground and background
  4. • Foreshortening: Accurate representation of angled forms
  5. • Composition: Effective placement of elements
  6. • Observation: Relevant environmental details
  7. • Visual Communication: Clear storytelling through visuals
  8. • Line Quality: Clean, confident and controlled lines

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